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YOUR EYE IS THE LAMP OF YOUR BODY; WHEN YOUR EYE IS SOUND, YOUR WHOLE BODY IS FULL OF LIGHT; BUT WHEN IT IS NOT SOUND, YOUR BODY IS FULL OF DARKNESS. —LUKE 11:34
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
For reflection: Judges 16:15–18 Virtue—even attempted virtue—brings light; indulgence brings fog. —from Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is ἁπλοῦς [a word that can mean simple, single, sound, healthy, generous, or different combinations of those], your whole body is illuminated; but if your eye is πονηρός [painful, bad, evil, ill], your whole body will be dark. If therefore the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkne
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NO ONE WHO PUTS HIS HAND TO THE PLOW AND LOOKS BACK IS FIT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD. —LUKE 9:62
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
There are few better tests for whether or not someone lives a life in submission to God than what he or she does with their sexuality. Sex is such a powerful and meaningful desire, that to give it up and obey God in that area is a true sign of worship. It is a true sign that someone is willing to say, “Not my will, but Thine be done.” And that beco
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